The bird in the first shot is a Spotted Towhee (pipilo maculatus).

Way kool bird!! WOW I wish we had those up my way!! Great theme post!! SheriJ · 2010-05-05: 23:09

Lovely theme- I like what you see in a tree :) the towhee is incredible, so detailed & clear. paulamarquis · 2010-05-05: 23:28

Excellent post, Marsha! Great combination of text and photos! lgnelson · 2010-05-05: 23:32

FANTASTIC!!! Love love love the bird and his eye is simply amazing...perfect capture!!! I also love #3 :)) lynnsgallery2 · 2010-05-05: 23:44

Lovely set Marsha and a nice interpretation. ????? · 2010-05-06: 00:04

Excellent post! Davorka · 2010-05-06: 00:39

#2 is beautiful! ????? · 2010-05-06: 01:09

Appropriate to the colour and the light . bandg8 · 2010-05-06: 01:59

great photos slowpete · 2010-05-06: 02:17

Nice Set kauphem · 2010-05-06: 03:55

I especially like the final shot Marsha! SADHYA · 2010-05-06: 03:55

wonderful set! the bird is great!! how many themes there are in PB!!! "bicycle" "what can you see in a tree" "sunrise" "tuesday theme"" sunday flower""caturday"!!!!! i'm lost :))) tomie · 2010-05-06: 03:56

absolutely love the bird capture...nice point of view...lovely image :o) photobydawnrenee · 2010-05-06: 07:58

Wonderful post...amazing what you can find in a tree....#1 is very good!!! LAZYWASP · 2010-05-06: 08:34

Love # 1 ????? · 2010-05-06: 09:39

All beautiful! SunFlower1990 · 2010-05-06: 09:50

Great work. I like shot two. smbunation · 2010-05-06: 09:52

Beautiful set! pandka · 2010-05-06: 09:58

Wonderful!!!! your composition is always so spot on, great post! urmysunshine · 2010-05-06: 10:28

very interesting things on your trees!very nice.the most I like the 2nd one and the last one. gonia · 2010-05-06: 10:38

Beautiful, simply beautiful. I really liked number 1 and 3. SunflowerGirl · 2010-05-06: 12:44

Love the bird's little face in the first one! juliacrowe · 2010-05-06: 13:51

Wow fantastic captures Marsha, my fav is the 1st one but I love the 2nd one very coool mystic1 · 2010-05-06: 14:21

Wonderful set! Love the bird, soooo cute! darfoster · 2010-05-06: 16:29

Beautiful shots for the theme. I love the second one! jennye · 2010-05-06: 21:45

Great post!! agandia · 2010-05-06: 22:12

superb! Shaparak · 2010-05-06: 22:53

Excellent post for the theme!! The first two my favorites:-)) nssco50 · 2010-05-07: 00:00

love 2 n 4! soubhagya · 2010-05-07: 08:48

I liked the first one best until I got to the second one, then I liked it best until I got to the third one....These are ALL wonderful shots, Marsha! The towhee is perfectly caught and #2 is other-worldly beautiful! Great set! (Glad you liked my roses today - they're right by my patio!) djnana · 2010-05-07: 10:31

This deserves FP ;)* JaCkYe · 2010-05-07: 10:57

Great Marsha, you see much more than birds and leaves in a tree. The bird is lovely and I know how hard it is to get a good picture and the last shot is divine, I like it very much for it's mood. Unchained · 2010-05-07: 14:44

Respite... is the best for me :-) ????? · 2010-05-08: 13:15

gr8 @2 and @4 miltonjacob · 2010-05-08: 17:32

Wonderful shots ! somogyvari · 2010-05-09: 07:31

to learn about composition, all a photographer would need to do is visit this post...these are all excellent, Marsha ????? · 2010-05-09: 16:58

Perfect shot of that beautiful bird! I've never seen one, great photos for the theme :-) I always have to "look again" at your posts! NellyBly · 2010-05-09: 21:51

Beautiful set. Love the bird in no.1 girafferacing · 2010-05-10: 12:44

I love this set! mikro · 2010-05-13: 10:41

second is genial:) Contesina · 2010-05-14: 01:37

Fantastique ! maudlaurens · 2010-05-14: 03:33

Fantastic bird at first picture but I like the most #2. astrobrojler · 2010-05-16: 05:38

Oh Marsha... the bird is soooo beautiful (I put it into my favs.) and the whole post is a gift for the spirit. Thanks for sharing! :) ????? · 2010-05-17: 14:29

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